1. Major News: The entire Russian team was banned from competing in the Paralympic Games as punishment for a doping operation.
The International Paralympic Committee’s blanket ban on Russia is in sharp contrast to the earlier decision by the IOC to allow individual sports to decide whether Russians could compete in the Olympics. (Time)2. World News: Iran confirmed it executed an Iranian nuclear scientist who gave the U.S. intelligence about the country's nuclear program.
The official IRNA news agency quoted a spokesman for Iran's judiciary, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, confirming the execution of Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist caught up in a real-life U.S. spy mystery. (NBC News)Advertisement